On Feb. 11, more than 1,000 journalists and supporters marched from Plaza Venezuela to the offices of the Centro Nacional de Comercio Exterior (CADAVI), the commission responsible for administering the currency in Venezuela, in a protest organised by journalist associations to demand access to newsprint. Carlos Correa, executive director for Espacio Público (Public Space), a […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed by today’s arson attack against a vehicle owned by the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. At 2:30 a.m., a car marked with the name of the daily was set ablaze on a street in the Podgorica, the latest of several attacks […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for a full and independent investigation into the death of Mexican journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, whose body was found Tuesday in an unmarked grave near Las Choapas, Veracruz state. Jiménez, a crime reporter for the newspapers NotiSUR and Liberal del Sur, had been abducted by armed assailants […]

A bill unveiled last week in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) that would punish the publishing of sensitive computer data with 20 years in prison should be amended to include a public-interest exception in order to avoid a chilling effect on legitimate journalistic activity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Under Section 13 of […]